Jo Brand quotes - page 3

I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do. (Jo Brand)
There are lots of people who believe that caricature of me the tabloids created, so they think they don't like me. View quote
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To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out. View quote
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I suspect most politicians feel overwhelmed because people's lives are a real struggle, full of unhappiness, and you would probably feel powerless to do anything about it. View quote
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I've no interest in fashion, shoes, handbags, or sweaty shopping. View quote
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Once you get labelled, people expect you to behave within the very narrow confines of that label. View quote
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My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into the Army and posted to Libya, she convinced some general to let her go with him. I don't know how she managed it. View quote
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Having children is fab. They keep me young and make me get up in the morning. View quote
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My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a pool. View quote
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When you cry, you don't look very attractive; you look snotty and blotchy. People seem to manage to cry quite prettily these days, and to me, that smacks of not being very genuine. View quote
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There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber. (Jo Brand)
My mum taught me to knit when I was a child, and I turn to it, for some weird reason, when I'm feeling depressed. View quote
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The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet. View quote
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I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late. View quote
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Most of us manage the fateful things that happen in our lives the best we can, certainly not to a Stalin-like 20-year plan. View quote
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I have seen good nurses and bad nurses. They existed along a continuum: from hard-working, kind and competent people, to office-hugging, bone-idle types, to apathetic, disengaged automatons. View quote
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When I was a nurse I never had much money, and I was still happy then. View quote
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Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press knows that, on the whole, there is a huge amount of inaccuracy, value judgment and the use of a crowbar to insert editorial bias that reflects the current political leaning of that particular paper. View quote
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Privatisation splits hospital services into increasingly small packages. View quote
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Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I find that very difficult to believe. View quote
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Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to be given less often to the female of the species. (Jo Brand)
Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying: if someone votes Tory can you like them? And, yes, I can. I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways. We have a tendency to oversimplify things. View quote
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I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving. View quote
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We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes like Doc Martens. I'm prepared to put up with that accusation, because at least my feet aren't killing me and I don't look like a bandy ostrich. View quote
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It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed, who are unkind, who are a bit rubbish at their job, who are in the wrong career. View quote
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